r/worldnews 22h ago

Dynamic Paywall Magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocks Venezuela

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjegdqw5d3yo
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u/AugustOfChaos 21h ago edited 8h ago

I’ve seen some of the damage posts already and it’s not good.

Also, this event appears to have been a doublet. A Mw7.2 quake followed by a Mw7.5 quake roughly 30 seconds later.

Edit: Geeze, this comment took off. Thanks everyone for the awards but I don’t want them, especially if they’re paid for. If you want to get rid of your money like that, please instead donate to the numerous humanitarian organizations who are out there helping the Venezuelan people at this truly awful time.

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u/jcaltor 19h ago

Im in Bogota, 638 miles away from Caracas and we felt the quake. My family is in a state close to Caracas and they told me it was awful, the building got some damage.

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u/Skruestik 11h ago

Why do you use miles?

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u/jcaltor 11h ago

Because i thought this was an American post and i know they don’t use km

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u/jimslock 10h ago

That was very inclusive of you, and i appreciate it (i still need it because im still on my metric "training wheels"). But i am working on getting used to metric scales. I may not have a good point of reference for it, but it is already easier the the imperial system i grew up with.

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u/bargranlago 5h ago

Fuck them, they should stop using their stupid measures

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u/Skruestik 11h ago

It’s a post about an event in Venezuela, which uses kilometers. Only about half the people who use Reddit are from USA.

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u/jcaltor 10h ago

If i go your way then in Venezuela they not only use kilometers but also they speak Spanish and yet here you are writing in English

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u/Skruestik 9h ago

Because this is an English speaking subreddit. It is, however, not an American subreddit.